River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-10-20

7 bOatman 10 pun them out into the river
I where they could get a good view of the
I display. When the ski6 relc e midstream
\ u ran into some obstruction and was cap
SEED, throwing all five men out i TO the
I water. Kid De Javenete, of Chicago, J.
4. Beaver and the negro bOatman were
/ drowned. The other two printers, John
Josephs and Sam Notary, managed TO
cling 70 the bottom OF the skif and were
rescued.
The regular Chicago Sunday murder
was the shooting Of Stephen ". Rawson, a
banker. aged %. as he came out Of the 3rd
Z Pres .yterian church. at the close or the
morning service, by his step-son VIM. Lee,
aged Is The causes that led up to the
shooting are alleged 10 be the treatment Of
the boys mother by Rawson, who, in
divorce proceedings had sought TO smirch
Mrs R2wsOn's character, who had been
cruelty pursued hy detectives and lawyers
empl, yed by the husband. Rewsoa was
declared fatally wounded.
At Valparaiso. Ind. Judge E. c.
Field, of the circuit court has issued
summons to the grand jury to convene and
charges them with thorough inveStigG-
ton Of the kouts disaster. The judges
g aTge Is thorough. and the public hops to
see this matter shifted to the bottom. E
D. CrumpackCr. the prosecuting attorney,
states that no pf ms VIII be spared to bring
the guilty parties to justice, and in this de-
termination he is backed up by the entire
community.
4 dynamite explosion took place in
the CallOa custom house Peru, s. A. An
[ inspector was examining boxes containing
metallic fuses and cartridges used for firing
dynamite IN mines By some carelessness
a cartridge was roughly struck and a tire
mendous explosion resulted. Twelve of
7 the persons present were blown into frag-
- ~ -
and l9 Others are expected to die, as frag-
ments OF cartridges, caps and wood had
been blown into their flesh.
A monster saw mill engine boiler
exploded at Ceuterville West Virginia
tearing everything loose in the neighbor-
hood, killing three men and wrecked the
engine aud mill completely. a man named
Er~in was torn TO pieces, having been
caught between the end OF the boiler and
large lOE. \ man named Kent Evans was
also manned Some time after these two
were found n man named Tompkins was
taken ont from behind pile Of lumber and
soon died OF his wounds
a telegram from Ballinger. Texas.
states that Sergt J. A. Brooks, of Company
. F, State Rangers, and Sheriff Formeli, ar
I rested = \. Newsomc, charged with being
the Lone kighwayman WHO seversl times
robbed the stage between Balhuger and San
Angelo. Rev. J. II. Sewely Of san Angelo
WAS one of the passengers on the stage at
the time Of one robbery. Being in the city
he without any hesitation declared the
prisoner to be the identical lone highway
man.
Fire broke out in the laundry of the
Northern Ohio Insane Hospital at Cleveland,
iNewburgi while $50 of the inmates wore
q loving their weekly dance. Smoke
Tapssraf furiFf1eiE- INFO tine room and a
CusUed. Six OF the patients fell dead in the
room from sulTOcation and several others
were injured. The attendants and
physicians were very vigorous or the
damage to property was $500.
A bill has been presented in the
Mexican congress 10y which the privileges
of the clergy of all denominations are still
further restricted. 1t chiefly regards the
holding Of property for religious purposes.
If church Is not used for public worship il
I may be coniiscatcd on the declaration OF
private party - that effect. and sold at
auction. part Of the proceeds falling TO the
state and the rest to tie denouncer.
At the City of Mexico forty Senators
were in their seats today the third read
ing Of the resolution to incorporate in the
Constitution the ameGdn cnt making tho
President eligible for n second term. After
trief discussion the resolution was passed
unanimously. IL now goes to the House of
Deputies, which viii undoubtedly pass it,
when il viii be officially proclaimed.
+ For several DAYS forest fires swept
over portions of four counties in the vicinity
of the Bay Of San Francisco. California.
d Whole farms were consumed, strewing the
ground with the carcasses of animals,
houses, mills, vineyards, miles of timber
and all kinds OF improvements were des-
trOyed and scores of families rendered
homeless. The loss is immense.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thurlow Weed Barnes
are on their way 20 California. Mrs
Barnes is the Isabella Frances Morris who
was married in Boston last week to Mr..
Barnes, the latter being a grandson of
Thurlow Weed One of the wedding pres
ents was a check for 81 100000 and a hand
somely furnished house by the brides
father.
4 printing house aud book bindery
burned at Winnipeg, Man, they being the
occupants Of 3stOry frame building.
\ seCon1 fire originated from sparks from
tine first burning out grocery house. The
total loss was $50 %, insurance about one
half. The fire originated from hot ashes at
the printing houss.
Ar New Orleans, La. representa-.
tjves OF prominent local aui foreign insur-
aEce companies have decided to take no
fCrther risks on corner groceries The
action IL taken on account of the number
uf fires thai have occurred in such places
sixty-Eve since the first day of January
last.
At Cincinnati. Ohio. Il Japan oven
at the Standard Carriage company, ex-
pioded, fatally burning Fred Click. The ex-
pi0siou was caused 10y an accumulation of
gas IN the oven The windows OF the room
were blown ont and tire ground in the
vicinity trembled as though from an earth
quake
The marriage of Miss Nellie Garfield,
daughterof the late President Garfield, and
> Stanley Brown. her fathers former
private secretary. which was 20 have been
celebrated az hIGh noon Wednesday Oct
"a IN the little Disciple church at Mentor,
has beca postponed until later il the season.
The schooner Manzauella sunk in
Lake Erie of Brooton, y. Y. Capt Ryan
who was left on board alone by his crew.
cling tO tf,eces Of the wrecsage the vessel
sunk, and was picked up two hours later
by some fisherman, Who went 10 his rescue
in the face Of almost certain death.
Fire broke ont in the saw-mill and
lumber yard Of G c. Crane < Co. at Gin
cinua;i and before IL was controlled burned
over five acres destroying - tenements and
dwellings. beside the mill and much
Iumter. Loss $1,000, insurance less than
one third.
The British ship Monarch. Capt.
Corbett. from Manila Aug. 80 for New
York. has been .ost on Mindcr Island The
captain and three of the crew. named
prc,.s. Bedford and Crupp, we drowned.
The remainder Of the crew have arrived at
Manila
Two men made an attempt to rob a
train near Spring Station, Texas. The en-
gineer was ordered 70 stop, which he did
IN fireman Jumped or the engine caught
on the rear car and warned the passengers
o. what was going on.
Ii will never be known how many
lives were lost in the Chicago s. Atlantic
r. r accident at kouts. Ind. is bodies
have been found, tut many more were
burned 10 ashes merely
\ fearful epidemic of typhoid fever
Is raging at Iron Mountain, Mich. There
are over one hundred people down with the
disease, and from one 70 seven deaths
daily. Medical aid has been summoned
from Chicago.
Dr. Charles L. Wright. of Hunting
ton, Ind, a surgeon in the employ Of the
Chicago A Atlantic railroad has resigned